Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Tholus (RUS) | 63° 15' 00.0" S | 56° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 120955 Place ID: 14608 | |||
| Mount Tholus (GBR) | 63° 16' 00.0" S | 56° 01' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111558
Place ID: 14608
rising to c. 550 m on W side of Postern Gap, Joinville Island, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1953-54, and named descriptively, tholus meaning a circular, domed structure (APC, 1958, p.7; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973). |
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| Mount Tholus (USA) | 63° 16' 00.0" S | 56° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 132622
Place ID: 14608
The highest mountain, 825 m, in the ridge extending SW from Postern Gap in the central part of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1953-54 and named by the UK-APC in 1956. The name is descriptive, "tholus" being a circular, domed structure. |
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